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Thirteen Army Planes Start This Week On Scientific Flight to the Pacific

A squadron of thirteen army airplanes, accompanied by a Motor Transport train, will leave Hazelhurst Field on Wednesday for a tour of more than 4,000 air miles through fifteen States. On itsroute the squadron will collect data for the Army Air Service, for the Air Mail Division of the Post Office Department, and recruit men for all branches of the service.

August 10, 1919

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